How Does This Happen

[dinger]

That using normal unleaded or Premium ?

Wonder what I am doing wrong then .. cant get anywhere near 400km :(

[gogo]

before getting any mods, typically around 400kms per tank mixed driving (mostly city), and about 500 if more on the open road. Average fuel consumption for 70% city but flowing (not heavy peak hour), 30% open road over the first 30,00kms was 13.8l/100kms.

since adding bigger injectors (and the other mods) it is more variable (should not be a suprise since since the fuel flow rate can change over a greater range) but average is about the same - lowest about 220kms, best about 600kms - average is much the same - early to mid 400kms per tank.

300 seems to be a little light on if you are not giving the car much of a hard time...

good luck,

Ben.

That is with 98 octane - before mods got identical fuel economy between 95 and 98, but car ran better on 98...

Edited 16/08/05 01:15 AM by gogo

[utexr6t]

My A B and O

are all different

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes I'm sure they are if you reset them. But how can the B trip have MORE K's on it than the OD???

Edited 16/08/05 01:52 AM by utexr6t

[phantomchic]

that would be solving one of the great mysteries..

maybe when they did a test drive the O was not connected,

therefore when O was set or reset

they forgot to reset the B

[Ford_Power]

I have a theory.

Trip A and B stores the distance travelled as "XXX.X" kms.

The Odometer stores it as "XXXXXX" kms. (Note: NO partial kms)

NOW, the EEPROM in the dash doesnt store the partial kms done for the odometer. The RAM in the dash keeps note of the partial kms, and commits it to the EEPROM only after it ticks over a whole kilometre.

Now if the battery was to be disconnected when the car had done 24396.9kms, it would LOSE the ".9" km as it is only held in RAM. When the battery is reconnected, it it would show 24396 as it reads from the FLASH (EEPROM).

The Trip A and B obviously store the partial km in EEPROM as they are still able to be seen on the dash even after the battery has been disconnected.

For this reason now, the Trip A or B would register 0.9kms MORE than the odometer. Do this same thing twice, and the Trip A and B would now register 1.8kms MORE than the odometer.

I hope you all can understand what I'm saying as I haven't written it in the clearest manner...

Ross

Edited 16/08/05 03:08 AM by Ford_Power

[F6 UTE]

I like your theory Ross, but remember Ford can reset there odo's with the scan tool.

I think they reset them to Zero after the shunting around the yard, off trucks etc etc, so the owner gets as close to '0' reading when the car is picked up at delivery as possible, but the noobs don't bother to reset the trips'..

But your theory is soooo more technical.. I like it.

[Ford_Power]

Hi Ben,

I agree with your theory too, but ford dealers are only able to reset the Odometer to 0kms if the cluster has done <100kms.

Sure, what your saying no doubt happens from the dealers, but once the car has done over 100kms, that is the only way it can happen.

Ross

[harvyk]

Just out of curiosity, how many KM's do you guys get to a tank of fuel normally?

I seem to only get around 300km, and that's not giving it too much sh*t...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

60L normally gets me about 470km in Canberra traffic which isnt too bad.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm about the same...

[gassit]

I like your theory Ross, but remember Ford can reset there odo's with the scan tool.

I think they reset them to Zero after the shunting around the yard, off trucks etc etc, so the owner gets as close to '0' reading when the car is picked up at delivery as possible, but the noobs don't bother to reset the trips'..

But your theory is soooo more technical.. I like it.

Mine 40K's different and discussed with the dealer and he owned up that they had returned it back to "0" but the scan tool doesn't reset the A or the B settings.

Chucked in a tank of petrol at 1st service.

Steve

[xrboss8]

I like your theory Ross, but remember Ford can reset there odo's with the scan tool.

I think they reset them to Zero after the shunting around the yard, off trucks etc etc, so the owner gets as close to '0' reading when the car is picked up at delivery as possible, but the noobs don't bother to reset the trips'..

But your theory is soooo more technical.. I like it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Mine 40K's different and discussed with the dealer and he owned up that they had returned it back to "0" but the scan tool doesn't reset the A or the B settings.

Chucked in a tank of petrol at 1st service.

Steve

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Don't let that get out. oops you did. Is highly illegal to do such a thing.